Dominican (CA) nudges Dixie St. 5-4, finishes 7th at PacWest Championship

LAIE, HI – Eighth-seed Dominican (CA) earned just one doubles victory but captured four singles matches vs. #7 Dixie State in beating the Red Storm 5-4 and claiming seventh place at the 2011 Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Women’s Tennis Championship.

The match was played on Saturday, April 16, in Laie, HI.

Dominican’s Shannon McCarthy-Contreras teamed with Irina Morozova at first doubles to defeat Allison Long and Lindsay Snow 8-3.

But Dixie State charged back thanks to second doubles tandem Sarah Hughes and Hillary Wright who defeated Tami Tan and Jamie Fernandez 8-4.
 
Dixie State’s Kelley Terry and Lauren Tarver claimed third doubles 9-8 in edging Anh Truong and Michele Freitas.

But the Penguins used the four individual wins to eke out a one-point victory. Morozova defeated Long 6-0, 6-3 at first singles, while second singles belong to McCarthy-Contreras over Lauren Tarver 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

Wright captured third singles for the Red Storm after she beat Fernandez 6-3, 6-4, but Freitas countered with a 6-0, 6-0 dusting of Snow at fourth singles for the Penguins.

Hughes was a double-winner for Dixie State after she also claimed fifth singles over Tami Tan 6-1, 6-0, but it wasn’t enough after Truong swept Terry 6-4, 6-1 at sixth singles.